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The Mimi Yanagi Story Gets Worse: VTuber Exposed as Trans-Identified Male After Child Drawing Arrest
The Mimi Yanagi story has a new layer, and it changes the entire picture the anime community was sold.
Obama and Mark Hamill Film May the 4th Promo for Presidential Center as Star Wars Fandom Fractures
Barack Obama and Mark Hamill stood in front of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago on May the 4th and filmed a 68-second promotional video for the facility’s June 19 opening. The Obama Foundation posted it to X. The full transcript is worth reading in sequence.
Worldcon 2026 Has 101 “Inclusivity” Panels and Zero Christian Ones
Worldcon 2026 tagged 101 panels under “Inclusivity.” Search the full program schedule for the tag “Christian.” Zero results.
Lanterns Showrunner Says the Show Is “About Replacement” as Fan Backlash Builds
HBO’s Lanterns premieres August 16, and the controversy surrounding it has been building since the first trailer dropped. Now, with showrunner Chris Mundy’s own words on the record, fans have more reason than ever to question what James Gunn’s DC Universe has done with one of comics’ most iconic properties.
Gene Roddenberry and the Council of Nine: What Hollywood Does to Men
Gene Roddenberry attended channeling sessions at Andrija Puharich’s estate in Ossining, New York in 1974 and 1975. The sessions were conducted with Phyllis Schlemmer as the medium. The entities who spoke through her called themselves the Council of Nine. They identified themselves as the Egyptian Ennead, the nine gods of Heliopolis, and they claimed responsibility for the direction of human civilization across the entirety of recorded history.
Disney Lorcana Hit a Billion Cards Sold, Then the Speculators Left
Disney Lorcana launched at Gen Con in August 2023 with two-hour lines and sold-out shelves within hours. Ravensburger had underestimated demand badly enough that the first set, The First Chapter, was nearly impossible to find at retail for months. Scalpers moved product at double and triple the manufacturer’s suggested price. Local game stores couldn’t stock enough to run organized play events. The game was everywhere and nowhere simultaneously.
WotC Admits The One Ring Art for The Hobbit Set Was Traced From Marta Nael
Wizards of the Coast debuted Magic: The Gathering’s upcoming Hobbit crossover set at MagicCon: Las Vegas this past weekend. Within twenty-four hours, the flagship card of that reveal, which is a a new version of The One Ring illustrated by veteran MTG artist Dan Frazier, was confirmed as a traced copy of artwork created by artist Marta Nael for the 2023…
103 Variants But No Readers: The Absolute Batman Bubble and What Comics Became
Absolute Batman #20 has 103 known variant covers. Ninety-four are retailer exclusives. Eight are open-order editions. One is a 1:25 ratio incentive. Scott Snyder said DC planned to cap the variants for this issue. One hundred and three appears to be the cap. This number did not arrive from nowhere.
Comic Review: Savage Sword of Conan #14 (Titan Comics)
Titan Comics has been doing right by Robert E. Howard since they picked up the Conan license, and issue #14 of their Savage Sword revival is another strong entry in what has become one of the more reliable books on the shelf. Three stories, two comics and one prose piece, all operating in the tradition the original magazine made famous. None of them ove…
Sony Quietly Added Xbox One-Style DRM to the PS5, Then Couldn’t Explain Why
Sony keeps making moves that are anti-consumer in a wave of trying to retain control with its consoles and network.
Hasan Piker Calls Gamers “Unf***able Losers” for Wanting Families. His Own Audience Turned on Him.
Capcom’s Pragmata launched April 17 to massive critical and commercial success. The game follows Hugh Williams, a security officer stranded on a devastated lunar station, who forms a father-daughter bond with Diana, a childlike android. Players responded to it hard. Posts flooded social media from gamers saying the game made them think about starting fa…
Reclaiming The Shire: The Right Wing And Christian Soul Of The Lord Of The Rings (Part 7)
We started a retrospective on Tolkien’s rise to superstardom, which began with a left-wing movement in the 1970s appropriating his work, and has slowly migrated over time to people realizing how right-wing and Christian Lord of the Rings is. Now, we continue.
The Number 47: Star Trek’s Strangest Inside Joke
Pause any Star Trek episode from the past 35 years and there is a fair chance the number 47 sits somewhere on screen. A shield reading. A deck number. A casualty count. A stardate. A weapons locker, a dart score, an off-duty crew complement.
See who Christopher Nolan cast as Helen of Troy in his version of “The Odyssey. Does not look Greek. IMO, not a face that “launched a thousand ships.” It is the typical Leftist attack on our culture and the idea of beauty.
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